"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." {Rev 18:4}
As I lay in bed with just a few hours sleep between last night and tonight (it's currently 2:12 AM) I am thinking about my brethren in Christ and the hardships some of you may be going through. This post, I hope, will bring you to some stark realizations that I have already come to discover in my walk with the Lord.
As you all know, we are born and raised into this world, and thus it's ways. The world's ways are NOT God's ways as we are taught here "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD."
God allows hardships & testing (or tribulation) to come into our lives when we are rooted in this world's ways and not relying solely on Him. He will take away the things that mean the most in your life if you don't get a grasp on this truth ... "But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows." {Luk 12:7} He also allows troubles as a means of building your testimony to Him and how wondrously He works in your life. Remember Job.
Now, although this scripture is addressed to "Babylon", there is truth to it for every individual believer: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." {Jer 29:11-13}
We must learn to seek the Lord, all the more passionately during times of hardship. So, here's my advice on how to "come out of her" - "her" being the world system:
1) Work to pay off any debts you owe. The way to do this is to pay the minimum due on all bills except one. That one go after with every spare penny you can give. For instance, rather than going out for dinner put that money towards that one bill besides the minimum, always pay the minimum on all bills but that one you are going after in pit-bull fashion. Debt is an addiction of sorts, and it's one thing God does not want His people enslaved to. Like all addictions, it's easy to get into but not so easy to get out of. You have to work hard at it, with the Lord's help. Most importantly, CUT UP all credit cards, they are a trap to enslave you. Do not charge any more to a future payment you cannot even guarantee you can pay. If you can't afford to pay cash then you don't need it. Concentrate on paying off your debt, your regular monthly bills such as power, phone, etc, and feeding yourself ... ALL spending should go towards these necessities and paying off your debts. Don't be enslaved into this society, remember: "The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender." {Pro 22:7} Once you have that one paid off, go to the next one and put all you were putting from the first and all you can spare for that second one and pay it off, then move on to the next.
2) Cut down on all non-essentials. For instance, cancel your cable TV or internet for a short time. Be willing to give up things that you don't really need. For news, listen to the radio, it's free and most places get some sort of signal. For internet access (to get your emails at least) go to the local library. Take yourself, willingly, out of your comfort zone. Do without the non-essentials for a time, especially where you can save money and put those savings towards 1) above. Trust in this: "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." {Phl 4:19} Notice, it says NEEDS, not *wants*.
3) Downsize! If you don't need it as a matter of life & death, consider getting rid of it. It may be that the value in dollars will help you more toward getting out of debt than having it hang in your closet or being otherwise there in your life but unused. If you aren't actually using it then you can afford to get rid of it. For instance, if you have two vehicles and can do with one then sell the other to help get some money to put towards 1). Remember, the less you have in this world the less you will be attached to. Think on this: "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." {Rom 12:2}
4) Don't look to other people to solve your problems: "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." {Psa 118:8} Earnestly seek the Lord in all matters of your life from your finances to the food on your table and the roof over your head. Allow Him to BE God, He will work miracles in your life IF you submit to Him and trust Him 100%. This may including giving up those things in the world that you love the most ... willingly ... should He ask it of you. Remember Abraham's willingness to give up his beloved only son. You may loose everything, but if this happens it will be for your good, even though it doesn't seem so at the time.
5) Trust in the Lord and lean not to your own understanding. As this scripture says, "Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." {Psa 37:3} Ask of the Lord, He will provide in ways you can't even fathom! "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." {Pro 3:5-6}
6) Give of yourself to others without expectation of reward. God loves a cheerful giver. "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver." {2Co 9:7} He also expects us, when we are able, to take care of the widows and orphans. The Lord instructed us: "But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." {Luk 14:13-14} Look for ways to bless the needy and God will richly bless you. When you help others less fortunate than yourself God promises to bless you more than you can imagine. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." {Mal 3:10}
7) Don't worry about tomorrow and it's troubles, sufficient the day the trouble therein. "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." {Mat 6:34} And besides that, you can't add a day to your life by worrying anyway. "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? {Mat 6:26-27} Worry is not of God, but is of satan. The devil is trying to shake your very foundations so that, as Eve did in the garden of Eden, you will loose trust in God and turn to the world's ways to solve your problems. If you are fearful consider that the bible tells us that fear is NOT of the Lord. Trials and tribulations come to believers so that the Lord can get you to this place: "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe." {Pro 29:25} I remind you also of these scriptures, if fear is not of God then there's only one other option - the devil. "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." {1Jo 4:18} And, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." {2Ti 1:7}
I am not just blowing smoke, I know full well what hardship is ... but more importantly I understand WHY it happens ... and that is to prepare you to rely on Him alone. A time of severe testing is coming upon this world, and if you aren't looking solely to Him for your sustenance, you will be sorely affected. "Come out of her my people" ... be prepared to walk away from it ALL and not look back. Remember Lot's wife.
Paul's testimony puts it like this: "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." {Phl 4:11} Do whatever you have to do, give up whatever you have to give up to get to this place of peace in the Lord, and trust Him alone to provide all your needs.
Here is truth for those walking with the Lord on the narrow way ... "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." {Psa 37:25}
Thanks for reading. God bless you in Jesus ;o}
{All scripture quotes are KJV unless otherwise noted, curly bracket comments, if any, are mine.}
06/01/15 ~ HELL
It would be nice, and convenient, if hell didn't exist. Then people wouldn't have to worry about what happens when they reject a Holy God in favor of a -god- made of their own imagination {IDOLatry}. The KJV bible uses the word "hell" 54 times and Jesus Himself gave us plenty of scriptures to chew on about the subject.
Hell is a place where God is not. Not choosing God {through His Only Begotten Son ... Jesus} is choosing eternity without Him, thus hell - separation from God and everything good. God is a perfect gentleman and will give you your desire to be separate from Him for all eternity, if that is what you choose. Life is about choices ... choose life. As Moses so astutely put it ...
"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." {Deu 30:19-20 KJV}
Don't believe something just because you find others that agree with *your theology* (wishful thinking) ... rather, study it out for yourselves, from God's word. Remember, Jesus is God made flesh ... God came into His creation as One of us. Jesus is the Word made flesh Who dwelt among us. His Word (the Bible) is truth. Jhn 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Here's a biblical study on the subject ...
HELL (Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, Pyr {or Hell Fire}, Tartarus)
Page 1 of 2 ... http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=hell&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1
Page 2 of 2 ... http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=hell&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_2
*** Check STRONG's box at the TOP of each page to get the Strong's concordance numbers as they apply to each scripture listed. Below is what the Strong's or Vine's definitions are. ***
OLD TESTAMENT ...
H7585 Sheol
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=H7585&t=KJV
sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
the underworld
Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead
place of no return
without praise of God
wicked sent there for punishment
righteous not abandoned to it
of the place of exile (fig)
of extreme degradation in sin
The KJV translates Strongs H7585 in the following manner: grave (31x), hell (31x), pit (3x).
NEW TESTAMENT ...
G86 Hades
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G86&t=KJV
name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead
later use of this word: the grave, death, hell
The KJV translates Strongs G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).
G1067 Ge-enna (or Gehenna)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G1067&t=KJV
Hell is the place of the future punishment called "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire". This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction.
The KJV translates Strongs G1067 in the following manner: hell (9x), hell fire (with G4442) (3x).
G4442 Pyr (goes with G1067) or Hell Fire
http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=hell+fire*+G4442+G1067&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1
fire
The KJV translates Strongs G4442 in the following manner: fire (73x), fiery (1x).
G5020 Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hell) or Tartarus
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G5020&t=KJV
the name of the subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to Gehenna of the Jews
to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus
The KJV translates Strongs G5020 in the following manner: cast down to hell (1x).
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." {Rom 12:1-3 KJV}
"Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry." {1Co 10:14 KJV}
I pray our merciful God bless you with knowledge of His Son Jesus!
Thanks for reading ... ;o}
Hell is a place where God is not. Not choosing God {through His Only Begotten Son ... Jesus} is choosing eternity without Him, thus hell - separation from God and everything good. God is a perfect gentleman and will give you your desire to be separate from Him for all eternity, if that is what you choose. Life is about choices ... choose life. As Moses so astutely put it ...
"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." {Deu 30:19-20 KJV}
Don't believe something just because you find others that agree with *your theology* (wishful thinking) ... rather, study it out for yourselves, from God's word. Remember, Jesus is God made flesh ... God came into His creation as One of us. Jesus is the Word made flesh Who dwelt among us. His Word (the Bible) is truth. Jhn 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Here's a biblical study on the subject ...
HELL (Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, Pyr {or Hell Fire}, Tartarus)
Page 1 of 2 ... http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=hell&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1
Page 2 of 2 ... http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=hell&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_2
*** Check STRONG's box at the TOP of each page to get the Strong's concordance numbers as they apply to each scripture listed. Below is what the Strong's or Vine's definitions are. ***
OLD TESTAMENT ...
H7585 Sheol
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=H7585&t=KJV
sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
the underworld
Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead
place of no return
without praise of God
wicked sent there for punishment
righteous not abandoned to it
of the place of exile (fig)
of extreme degradation in sin
The KJV translates Strongs H7585 in the following manner: grave (31x), hell (31x), pit (3x).
NEW TESTAMENT ...
G86 Hades
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G86&t=KJV
name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead
later use of this word: the grave, death, hell
The KJV translates Strongs G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).
G1067 Ge-enna (or Gehenna)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G1067&t=KJV
Hell is the place of the future punishment called "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire". This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction.
The KJV translates Strongs G1067 in the following manner: hell (9x), hell fire (with G4442) (3x).
G4442 Pyr (goes with G1067) or Hell Fire
http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=hell+fire*+G4442+G1067&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1
fire
The KJV translates Strongs G4442 in the following manner: fire (73x), fiery (1x).
G5020 Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hell) or Tartarus
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G5020&t=KJV
the name of the subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to Gehenna of the Jews
to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus
The KJV translates Strongs G5020 in the following manner: cast down to hell (1x).
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." {Rom 12:1-3 KJV}
"Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry." {1Co 10:14 KJV}
I pray our merciful God bless you with knowledge of His Son Jesus!
Thanks for reading ... ;o}
05/16/15 Shavuot Epiphany!
I've been mulling over the significance of Shavuot (Pentecost) and the counting of the Omer (50 days counting between the Sabbath after Passover to Pentecost). Most believers think that the Holy Spirit fulfills this Hebrew holy day but I'm inclined to believe the Holy Spirit is like an engagement ring ... He is the *seal* inside each believer, a gift or token of our betrothal to the Lord. He did not, and indeed is not, the fulfillment of Shavuot/Pentecost.
Like the days when the Hebrews (Israelites), after leaving Egypt the day after Passover eve, made their way to Mt Sinai (in Saudi Arabia) to *meet with God*. The Jews, and many ancient writings of the Jews/Israelis, attest to the fact that they believed they were married to God at that time when He came to the mount and spoke to the nation, giving them His marriage contract (the 10 commandments). If indeed they were married to God for Shavuot/Pentecost then we are likewise married to Christ during the same holy day.
My epiphany was that if the Jews/Israelis were married to God at Mt Sinai, perhaps God was making a place for them and Jesus came to consummate that marriage at His first coming ... but ... the Jews/Israel were not prepared, and in fact didn't recognize the occasion. If this is true then Jesus at His second coming will likewise come to consummate His marriage with us --- the bride of Christ --- the question is: Are YOU ready?
I am going to do a study to see if the years between their meeting with God at Mt Sinai to the time of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey colt in any way correlates timing wise from then until now (or up to 2017-2018). I'll post again if I find anything significant.
05/15/15 Comparing words ...
It's been a long time since I've posted anything significant since Facebook (The Lamb's Wife) has been my communication of choice lately. I feel that I should go ahead and post my understanding of some words here:
TRIBULATION is something we've been experiencing since Jesus' death & resurrection during this "times of the Gentiles". I believe this represents the first four seals of Revelation (so called "the four horsemen"). Something I think most believers miss is that the seals began to be opened when the "Lamb that was slain" arrived at the throne of God in heaven and received the scroll! NO ONE was worthy to "open the seals" until Jesus arrived and He alone qualified.
As we get closer to Jesus' return the tribulation is getting worse and troubles are closer together, like "birth pangs" (labor pains). We have been seeing wars, rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, signs in the sun, moon & stars: such as comets coming into the earth's atmosphere (a cosmic *close call* happened in 1993 when a comet broke up into 21 fragments striking Jupiter); mass animal & fish kills, massive insect & rodent invasions, etc, and those are increasing in severity with less time in between events.
IMHO, pre-tribulation folks make the fatal mistake of counting Tribulation as an -end of the age 7 year period- but in truth it's been going on for almost 2,000 years (2 days if counting a day as a thousand years) during this "times of the Gentiles" we are currently living in. I don't think we have another 7 years to wait before God's millennial kingdom arrives with Jesus, but rather I think we may see an end time 3-1/2 years of tribulation towards the Jewish nation and that will be the time of "Great Tribulation" that Jesus spoke of. At the end of that time He will come back to rule & reign. I believe there will be some sort of significant *treaty* with Israel, likely the dividing of the land with the *Palestinian state*, that will decay within 3-1/2 years culminating in Jesus' return to save the remnant of Israel at the hands of maybe Persia (Iran) who's deadly wound is being healed and it is arising to try to take power (over Israel) once again. That's my speculation anyway, time will tell.
TIMES OF THE GENTILES is this past nearly 2,000 years from Jesus' day ending soon ... I believe by the fall holy days between 2017-2018. I think we are nearing the end of these "times". After much research & study, I've come to the conclusion that the 50 days of counting the Omer between Passover (the day after the Sabbath - a Sunday) to Pentecost (the day the Lord sent the Holy Spirit to the church, considered the church's *birthday*) is significant in the long time count as well. If you consider that 50 day count, converted to years, and you liken it to the counting of the Omer & even counting the Jubilees (a 50 day/year count) you can see that for 2,000 years divided by 50 = 40 cycles/counts. In other words, these past 2,000 years not only relate to counting the Omer but also to counting Jubilees. Also, it may not be a -full 2,000 years- IF this is when the Lord will *cut the days short*. Even so, if you do the math using significant years for Israel you can see the numbers are very prophetic, more on that below.
When you look at why the Hebrews had to do this count and you see that Jesus Himself fulfilled the first three Hebrew Feasts and then we just skip over the significance of the Omer count right on to the fall feasts, we're missing something very important. Jesus did fulfill the first three spring feasts to the day. But, He left planet earth 40 days after His resurrection, leaving 10 days unfulfilled by Him. Again, significant. I don't believe the Holy Spirit's arrival into the church is that fulfillment, rather, the Holy Spirit is a token or a seal to the believers of Christ and having Him in us is how we are redeemed/resurrected. So the Holy Spirit isn't the fulfillment but rather the means to our resurrection. Jesus will return to fulfill Pentecost/Shavuot Himself, in the very near future ... it may be within the next few days as Pentecost is near but it may be within the next couple of years also. I am awaiting His return as a virgin with her lamp and her cruse of oil (awake & ready to go). I hope you are as well. As for the fall feasts, I believe this is the time when Jesus deals with the nation of Israel, after his interlude with the church is concluded at the end of the "times of the Gentiles". Be ready to go as our Bridegroom/King could arrive soon ... that's my advice!
WRATH in the book of Revelation is in regard to Jesus coming back in God's Wrath to take vengeance for the saints of this "times of the Gentiles" against the evil on this planet. God's Wrath is near, it will be swift and there will be few people left (compared to the current population) to enter the millennial kingdom. This is the time we should be watching for, which I believe is upon us now and will find it's conclusion by fall of 2017-2018. Jesus is coming back, sooner than most believe.
RAPTURE or "catching away" is something every Christian should agree on, it's biblical ... we are awaiting the return of Jesus and our being "caught up" to meet the Lord in the air and from then on to forever be with our Lord. I'm not concerned about the word "rapture", rather, I think the disagreement is WHEN this will occur (see above for my thoughts on that).
RESURRECTION is also called our redemption, or being redeemed. Resurrection is something only Jesus has achieved. Resurrection is the change from the physical body to a body "like Jesus", a new creation in which the old (physical) body is *changed* to a new body that we won't understand until we "see Him face to face". Most people say when a person has -come back to life- they've been resurrected, nothing could be further from the truth. Lazarus was NOT resurrected. Elijah & Enoch (the only two humans that haven't died yet) have not been resurrected. ONLY JESUS has been resurrected. Everyone else has been "revived" (see below).
REVIVED is something that happens to some people that have died and come back to life. The reason we shouldn't call this resurrection is pretty plain ... you are still in the same physical body, therefore it's revived. ONLY JESUS has a new body and therefore ONLY JESUS is resurrected. We await that day when we will be "like Him" but no other person has been anything but revived from the dead. Same body = revived ... NOT resurrected!
TWO WITNESSES will be Enoch & Elijah, the only two humans that have NOT died. They still have their physical bodies and God is preserving them somewhere unknown to us. They will probably be revealed soon, during the final 3-1/2 years where they will minister to Israel and the world and at the end of that time they will be killed ... then, after their dead bodies have laid in the streets of Jerusalem for three days the Spirit of God will enter them and they too will be Resurrected (new bodies) and be caught up to God in heaven. At the end of that time the Lord will return to rule & reign and the Millennial kingdom will begin. They do not need a resurrected body during the time of their ministry, God will keep them protected until their time of death. I believe they know of their mission and are ready to perform their tasks at the Lord's command.
So, in summary, don't confuse: tribulation with wrath -nor- revived with resurrection
Now for the count of significant years for Israel (as mentioned above) ...
1217 + 800 years = 2017
-----> Rabbi Samuel ben Judah *10 Jubilees* prophecy
-------(10x50=500 years total) prophecy predicted in 1217
1517 + 500 years = 2017
-----> Rabbi's prophecy begins in 1517, 300 years after he predicted.
-------Ottoman Turks take control of Israel/Jerusalem for 400 years
1897 + 120 years = 2017
-----> First Jewish Zionist Congress
1917 + 100 years = 2017
-----> Rabbi's prophecy fulfilled from 1917-1947 (400 years)
-------Ottoman Turks ruled Israel/Jerusalem 1917-1947 (400 yrs)
-------Ottoman Turks defeated by Brits, The Balfour Declaration decreed
-------Jerusalem (British control) no-man's-land 1917-1967 (50 yrs)
1918 + 100 years = 2018
-------Battle of Megiddo began in 1918, interesting *name*!
1947 + 70 years = 2017
-------UN Partition Proposal to "divide Palestine"
1948 + 70 years = 2018
-------Israel declares itself a State, USA first to recognize it as such
1967 + 50 years = 2017
-------Six-Day War, Jerusalem back to Israel's control
2017 - 2018 Jesus returns?
-----> Rabbi's prophecy ends in 2017 with the final jubilee (50 years)
-------400+50+50=500 years (Rabbi's 10 Jubilees) from 1517-2017
-------800 years after Rabbi predicted 1217-2017.
More *math* to come, perhaps in another post ;o}
I know of the "blood moons" (total lunar eclipses - TETRAD) of 2014-2015 being on Hebrew Holy Days and I do believe they are significant. I also know of Rabbi Jonathan Cahn's "Shemitah years of 2014-2015" followed by what he believes to be the final "Jubilee" of Fall 2015-2016. Time will tell if he's right or not. In the meantime ... "people get ready, Jesus IS coming"!
For the record: I don't believe the current state of Israel is an *occupation*. They are divinely in the land as prophecy said they would be! It was long ago predicted that Judah would return to the land before all of Israel.
God bless you in Jesus, He is coming sooner than most believe!
Thanks for reading ;o}
TRIBULATION is something we've been experiencing since Jesus' death & resurrection during this "times of the Gentiles". I believe this represents the first four seals of Revelation (so called "the four horsemen"). Something I think most believers miss is that the seals began to be opened when the "Lamb that was slain" arrived at the throne of God in heaven and received the scroll! NO ONE was worthy to "open the seals" until Jesus arrived and He alone qualified.
As we get closer to Jesus' return the tribulation is getting worse and troubles are closer together, like "birth pangs" (labor pains). We have been seeing wars, rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, signs in the sun, moon & stars: such as comets coming into the earth's atmosphere (a cosmic *close call* happened in 1993 when a comet broke up into 21 fragments striking Jupiter); mass animal & fish kills, massive insect & rodent invasions, etc, and those are increasing in severity with less time in between events.
IMHO, pre-tribulation folks make the fatal mistake of counting Tribulation as an -end of the age 7 year period- but in truth it's been going on for almost 2,000 years (2 days if counting a day as a thousand years) during this "times of the Gentiles" we are currently living in. I don't think we have another 7 years to wait before God's millennial kingdom arrives with Jesus, but rather I think we may see an end time 3-1/2 years of tribulation towards the Jewish nation and that will be the time of "Great Tribulation" that Jesus spoke of. At the end of that time He will come back to rule & reign. I believe there will be some sort of significant *treaty* with Israel, likely the dividing of the land with the *Palestinian state*, that will decay within 3-1/2 years culminating in Jesus' return to save the remnant of Israel at the hands of maybe Persia (Iran) who's deadly wound is being healed and it is arising to try to take power (over Israel) once again. That's my speculation anyway, time will tell.
TIMES OF THE GENTILES is this past nearly 2,000 years from Jesus' day ending soon ... I believe by the fall holy days between 2017-2018. I think we are nearing the end of these "times". After much research & study, I've come to the conclusion that the 50 days of counting the Omer between Passover (the day after the Sabbath - a Sunday) to Pentecost (the day the Lord sent the Holy Spirit to the church, considered the church's *birthday*) is significant in the long time count as well. If you consider that 50 day count, converted to years, and you liken it to the counting of the Omer & even counting the Jubilees (a 50 day/year count) you can see that for 2,000 years divided by 50 = 40 cycles/counts. In other words, these past 2,000 years not only relate to counting the Omer but also to counting Jubilees. Also, it may not be a -full 2,000 years- IF this is when the Lord will *cut the days short*. Even so, if you do the math using significant years for Israel you can see the numbers are very prophetic, more on that below.
When you look at why the Hebrews had to do this count and you see that Jesus Himself fulfilled the first three Hebrew Feasts and then we just skip over the significance of the Omer count right on to the fall feasts, we're missing something very important. Jesus did fulfill the first three spring feasts to the day. But, He left planet earth 40 days after His resurrection, leaving 10 days unfulfilled by Him. Again, significant. I don't believe the Holy Spirit's arrival into the church is that fulfillment, rather, the Holy Spirit is a token or a seal to the believers of Christ and having Him in us is how we are redeemed/resurrected. So the Holy Spirit isn't the fulfillment but rather the means to our resurrection. Jesus will return to fulfill Pentecost/Shavuot Himself, in the very near future ... it may be within the next few days as Pentecost is near but it may be within the next couple of years also. I am awaiting His return as a virgin with her lamp and her cruse of oil (awake & ready to go). I hope you are as well. As for the fall feasts, I believe this is the time when Jesus deals with the nation of Israel, after his interlude with the church is concluded at the end of the "times of the Gentiles". Be ready to go as our Bridegroom/King could arrive soon ... that's my advice!
WRATH in the book of Revelation is in regard to Jesus coming back in God's Wrath to take vengeance for the saints of this "times of the Gentiles" against the evil on this planet. God's Wrath is near, it will be swift and there will be few people left (compared to the current population) to enter the millennial kingdom. This is the time we should be watching for, which I believe is upon us now and will find it's conclusion by fall of 2017-2018. Jesus is coming back, sooner than most believe.
RAPTURE or "catching away" is something every Christian should agree on, it's biblical ... we are awaiting the return of Jesus and our being "caught up" to meet the Lord in the air and from then on to forever be with our Lord. I'm not concerned about the word "rapture", rather, I think the disagreement is WHEN this will occur (see above for my thoughts on that).
RESURRECTION is also called our redemption, or being redeemed. Resurrection is something only Jesus has achieved. Resurrection is the change from the physical body to a body "like Jesus", a new creation in which the old (physical) body is *changed* to a new body that we won't understand until we "see Him face to face". Most people say when a person has -come back to life- they've been resurrected, nothing could be further from the truth. Lazarus was NOT resurrected. Elijah & Enoch (the only two humans that haven't died yet) have not been resurrected. ONLY JESUS has been resurrected. Everyone else has been "revived" (see below).
REVIVED is something that happens to some people that have died and come back to life. The reason we shouldn't call this resurrection is pretty plain ... you are still in the same physical body, therefore it's revived. ONLY JESUS has a new body and therefore ONLY JESUS is resurrected. We await that day when we will be "like Him" but no other person has been anything but revived from the dead. Same body = revived ... NOT resurrected!
TWO WITNESSES will be Enoch & Elijah, the only two humans that have NOT died. They still have their physical bodies and God is preserving them somewhere unknown to us. They will probably be revealed soon, during the final 3-1/2 years where they will minister to Israel and the world and at the end of that time they will be killed ... then, after their dead bodies have laid in the streets of Jerusalem for three days the Spirit of God will enter them and they too will be Resurrected (new bodies) and be caught up to God in heaven. At the end of that time the Lord will return to rule & reign and the Millennial kingdom will begin. They do not need a resurrected body during the time of their ministry, God will keep them protected until their time of death. I believe they know of their mission and are ready to perform their tasks at the Lord's command.
So, in summary, don't confuse: tribulation with wrath -nor- revived with resurrection
Now for the count of significant years for Israel (as mentioned above) ...
1217 + 800 years = 2017
-----> Rabbi Samuel ben Judah *10 Jubilees* prophecy
-------(10x50=500 years total) prophecy predicted in 1217
1517 + 500 years = 2017
-----> Rabbi's prophecy begins in 1517, 300 years after he predicted.
-------Ottoman Turks take control of Israel/Jerusalem for 400 years
1897 + 120 years = 2017
-----> First Jewish Zionist Congress
1917 + 100 years = 2017
-----> Rabbi's prophecy fulfilled from 1917-1947 (400 years)
-------Ottoman Turks ruled Israel/Jerusalem 1917-1947 (400 yrs)
-------Ottoman Turks defeated by Brits, The Balfour Declaration decreed
-------Jerusalem (British control) no-man's-land 1917-1967 (50 yrs)
1918 + 100 years = 2018
-------Battle of Megiddo began in 1918, interesting *name*!
1947 + 70 years = 2017
-------UN Partition Proposal to "divide Palestine"
1948 + 70 years = 2018
-------Israel declares itself a State, USA first to recognize it as such
1967 + 50 years = 2017
-------Six-Day War, Jerusalem back to Israel's control
2017 - 2018 Jesus returns?
-----> Rabbi's prophecy ends in 2017 with the final jubilee (50 years)
-------400+50+50=500 years (Rabbi's 10 Jubilees) from 1517-2017
-------800 years after Rabbi predicted 1217-2017.
More *math* to come, perhaps in another post ;o}
I know of the "blood moons" (total lunar eclipses - TETRAD) of 2014-2015 being on Hebrew Holy Days and I do believe they are significant. I also know of Rabbi Jonathan Cahn's "Shemitah years of 2014-2015" followed by what he believes to be the final "Jubilee" of Fall 2015-2016. Time will tell if he's right or not. In the meantime ... "people get ready, Jesus IS coming"!
For the record: I don't believe the current state of Israel is an *occupation*. They are divinely in the land as prophecy said they would be! It was long ago predicted that Judah would return to the land before all of Israel.
God bless you in Jesus, He is coming sooner than most believe!
Thanks for reading ;o}
04/24/15 Not to worry!
I'm still kickin'! I'm on Facebook mostly tho. I'll post here now n then ... *waves from afar* ;o}
04/22/14 ~ I'm still here!
LOL I'm notoriously bad at maintaining this site aren't I! My bad. Well, I'm still here ... checking in, and out ... be back again sometime in the future God willing ;o}
Check out my newest blog called Raven Air Ministries, created today, May 28, 2012 ... ;o}
http://ravenairministries.blogspot.com/
Come out of her my people ...
"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." -Rev 18:4
The "her" spoken of above is the idolatrous world system that looks to itself instead of God. If you are relying on the world's ways, such as your job, or family & friends, to get you through the hard times ahead, you will be one of the victims, not a victor. Look to Jesus alone, learn God's ways (which are NOT man's ways) before it's too late.
We ARE in the end times and this age of grace is coming to an end soon. Please turn to Jesus now while there is still time!
The "her" spoken of above is the idolatrous world system that looks to itself instead of God. If you are relying on the world's ways, such as your job, or family & friends, to get you through the hard times ahead, you will be one of the victims, not a victor. Look to Jesus alone, learn God's ways (which are NOT man's ways) before it's too late.
We ARE in the end times and this age of grace is coming to an end soon. Please turn to Jesus now while there is still time!
Workin ...
The Lord has been blessing me so much these days. Just let Him have control and trust Him completely, He won't let you down! Don't trust in the world and her ways, she is the harlot of Babylon! Follow Jesus and live ...
I have been working for the past month, it's nice to have a job, thank You Father!
Needless to say, I'm not on here as much as I could be, but I'm alive & well ;o}
I have been working for the past month, it's nice to have a job, thank You Father!
Needless to say, I'm not on here as much as I could be, but I'm alive & well ;o}
New YouTube account ...
I've created a new YouTube account (Revelation21NINE) for which I will post videos, etc. So, for the most part I may not post them here as that's twice the work. Check out my new YouTube channel & playlists (I'm trying to organize videos). I'll still post here but maybe in a diary format when the urge strikes me, or when a video isn't YT or perhaps if I want to reiterate a video from YT ... bookmark ;o}
Revelation21NINE Playlists
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4D35C93A399D650E
You can also check out my online diary pages, which are basically *archived* now, no longer updated as I now use this blog ... link is Deb's Diary to the left.
Revelation21NINE Playlists
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4D35C93A399D650E
You can also check out my online diary pages, which are basically *archived* now, no longer updated as I now use this blog ... link is Deb's Diary to the left.
The Name by Pasot Jack Hibbs
Pastor Jack from Calvary Chapel Chino Hills sermon on The Name comparing God in the OT to Jesus in the NT ... fascinating!
I can do ALL ...
I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me ... another boat rocker ... watch it!
Sobering words to live by ...
Art Katz has gone on to be with the Lord but his words are powerful, here's something to think about in your walk
12/09/11 Genesis as recorded in Chinese ...
Below is a pix showing a MahJong table with it's classic Chinese tiles, when I first started to play this particular game (at my land in SecondLife.com) I began to see the flood in those tiles, the pix shows my findings. But then, someone posted on a Forum that there was a book in PDF format about the same thing! I'm reading it now, here's that link for you ...
Check out the attached pix, I circled three tiles, each representing a part of the flood story: the ark during construction, the ark afloat during the flooding, and the ark rested on a mountain. Our God IS God! ;D
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